Originally posted by: Regs
Originally posted by: EyeMWing
I saw this movie last night. Never actually played SH (but it's on "the list") - but it was actually a pretty good movie all by itself.
Were you able to figure it out? I don't know too many people who did not play the game that could figure it out. Almost seems like they solved very little by the end and are planning a sequel. All though I find it hard to believe if they actually make enough revenue to risk a sequel.
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Here is a theory I found on another board. I dont think its totally possible to figure it out, only speculate.
The movie is not intended only for the SH game audience. I was actually surprised that they decided to make the storyline as true to the SH1 story as they did. The director wants to appeal to the casual movie/horror fan (majority) without confusing or losing them, but at the same time is trying to satisfy and not disappoint the hardcore "purist" SH fan (minority). It is a fine line and I think they did a good job at it given the richness of the SH story. I mean, imagine the normal horror fan trying to follow a plot with Samuel and Metatron (who does sound like a transformer) and the rebirth and the cult and the drugs... I think it would have been way too much for 2 hours.
So for those of you in the Otherworld/purgatory argument - here is my take. I think the damage to Cybil's bike and the fact that they showed both Cybil and Rose had head wounds make me think that they did in fact die. Also, Rose didn't crash and get up; she sat with her head bleeding on the steering wheel and passed out. You notice she didn't crash in the "Fog" silent hill - she crashed in the normal world. So either Rose somehow transitioned (death?) to the "Fog" silent hill (purgatory?), or the "Fog" silent hill just appeared and snatched her up... Same for Cybil.
Also, the writers very intentionally had Rose mention to the cult members that they had "died in the fire" when burning Alessa. I think if you try to dismiss this as a metaphorical "dieing", you are reaching. I think they had all died in the fire in the "old" church (where I think Cybil mentioned "something very bad happened here"). Somehow Alessa survived and was rescued in part by Gucci (who apparently doesn't age... anyone?). Burning in her hospital bed did Alessa bargain with the Devil (or what have you) and in her hatred create a Hell on Earth for her own pleasure in which she could inflict her own personal judgment on the guilty and sinners for eternity (as the ?Reaper?)?
Because of this, the dead do not know they are dead (a la Limbo and Dante's Inferno), but are trapped in an eternal Purgatory until Alessa can judge them by bringing them into her Hell, if she so whishes. I don 't think Alessa has direct control over the "Fog" Silent Hill (purgatory), just as the Devil does not have control over Purgatory, only Hell. Even though they were dead and in purgatory, the cultists still maintained a faith in a higher being (be that Metatron, Christ, Buhda - whatever). This faith protected them from her Hell, therefore Alessa needed a medium by which to infiltrate the new church and add this safe haven to her domain. That is probably why Sharon was created from Allisa (I think it showed the Alessa dropping off Sharon at the orphanage, right?) ? to bring someone to Silent Hill that could penetrate this holy place. She chose Rose, and Rose accepted to get her daughter back, bringing Alessa into the only remaining safe place in the Dark Silent Hill.
(By the way, I also like the theory ? cant remember who mentioned it ? that the transition from day/fog/purgatory silent hill to evil/dark/hell silent hill corresponds to Alessa?s nightmares when she slept at the hospital after being burned)
So, this doesn't work because in the good endings in SH1, Harry is alive and returns to the normal world, right? First of all I think a lot of the movie details deviate from the game. Second of all, if this is Alessa's personal Hell, and she can bring them there from purgatory, who's to say she (or a higher power) couldn't send them back to the normal world if she so desired. If, through an act of love, someone in the fog/purgatory SH proved their worth to Alessa, maybe she could give them a second chance. Also, you can't take one ending without looking at the others. If you get the bad ending in SH1, does Harry leave silent hill upset about the events, sit in his wrecked car and bang his head against the windshield to kill himself... No. Obviously he had died originally in the crash, and his spirit had passed to the Fog SH where the story takes place. Maybe in the good endings, Alessa's Hell sent Harry back because he had shown merit in what he had accomplished there.
So, why didn't Alessa send Rose back instead of keeping her in purgatory? She deserved it because she helped Allessa exact her revenge on the Cult members in the purgatory SH, right? The answer to this is: because Alessa is selfish. Rose proved to be the mother that Alessa never had, and really it was her Mom all along, because Sharon is actually a part of Alessa. So she wanted her all to herself - for her only. So Alessa either "combined" with Sharon or completely took over Sharon during the "barbed wire blender" scene. Rose either did not know that Alessa had done this, or did not really care, now knowing what Sharon really was in the first place.
Now, if purgatory is for dead people, did Sharon die too? Maybe. She could have also died in the wreck, or maybe she doesn't fall into the category of those who are "called" to Silent Hill. She is part of Alessa right? If she is part of Alessa, and this is Alessa's Hell, maybe the normal rules don't apply to her.
I know I still can't account for why they didn't find the bodies. Oh wait, I know! Because the WRITERS DIDNT WANT THEM TO! If detectives find the bodies, guess what - there is no reason for Chris to go back to Silent Hill to find his wife and daughter (a major deviation from SH2, but still a lot of potential). Which is the whole reason they decided to make the main character a woman instead of a man (Harry) in the first place. Had Harry/Chris been the main character, and Rose been left in the real world, there would be no connection between the SH sequel (man looking for missing wife and child who are really dead) and the SH2 game (man looking for missing wife who is really dead).
Regardless of all of the above I think the writers/director did a fantastic job precisely because they left a lot of the questions there to be interpreted and analyzed. Anyway - my $0.02.
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